Tag Archives: Paint

Thought For the Day: Look From the Blind Man’s Eye …You Can Paint the Picture, the Way You Like About This World, So Why Not Think Positive and Make This World More Beautiful For Yourself and Others?

Posted on November 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Look from the blind man’s eye…. You can paint the picture, the way you like about this world, so why not think positive and make this world more beautiful for yourself and others?” – Fawad Afzal Khan

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Thought For the Day: A Painter Paints Pictures On A Canvas. But Musicians Paint Their Pictures On Silence

Posted on September 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ― Leopold Stokowski

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To Be A Woman

Posted on May 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To Be A Womanby Michael DoyleIt would be false to paint tranquility.A woman’s world is one of complexity.Phrased in its phases, it takes a distortionist.To be a woman is to be a contortionist.In the push-and-pull world of always there,It’s plain … Continue reading →

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Virtue and Disobedience

Posted on October 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Virtue and Disobedienceby Michael DoylePainting away your dayAs old records playEach portrait painted with feelingIs nothing less than soul-revealingThat is to say about the painters’ waysNot of the sitter, despite honoring his daysSpending time on crafting the right impressionThis is … Continue reading →

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Beautifully Amazed

Posted on April 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Beautifully Amazedby Michael DoyleWe paint a life seen togetherCertain that our blessings are betterAs we talk into the nightBefore we know it, it’s the morning lightLearning things of complexityAs we break it down into simplicityLife can be overly demandingBut it … Continue reading →

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Practiced Denial

Posted on February 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Practiced Denialby Michael DoyleWe laugh, we smileWe practice our denialTrying hard to hideFeelings we can’t confideThere are words unspokenLike sharp sticks pokingLeaving wounds that will scarIt all went a bit too farPainted like a clownIt always got me downLike a … Continue reading →

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Upending the Trump Cards

Posted on November 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Upending the Trump Cardsby Michael DoyleBefore my almost disbelieving eyesThe stuff of comics is seen as I realizeThat theoretical physics is being soldAnd the multiverse is the story being toldPage one and above the paper’s foldThe blockbuster is showing up … Continue reading →

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Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

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Kalavale

Posted on December 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Kalavaleby Michael Doyle In a Finnish woodWhere life is understoodTo be a magical thingThere were songs to singAnd laughter filled the airThe night washed away careAs we looked on the beautyThere amidst the trees A different music filled the airWith … Continue reading →

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Art In A Drop

Posted on March 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Art In A Dropby Pure Love & Michael Romani Art it seems is everywhereThat a soul is laid bareLike a whisper heard in an eavesdropIs the art found inside a drop A bit of oil in water swirledBecomes a vibrant … Continue reading →

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